Personally, I don't like getting the plastic that hot.
I do 220 deg for 7 mins and never had a problem. It's just a little tricky the first time.

 

^^I might set it at 220 deg next time, since it didn't come off with 200 deg.

 

Also when you go to pull the lense off, start at the bottom (this applies to both sedans and coupes...especially 06^ coupes). The top point of the headlight lense is slightly set into the housing at that spot so pulling up from the bottom makes it easier. I should probably add that to the DIY huh

 

Also too add my 2 cents I used a swiss army knifes bottole opener to cut the goo then used a pry used for interior trim worked 10x better than the screw driver and took a lot less work

 

You deleted ur message but I'm not sure if u still need the answer there are the final screws which hold it in you do not need to cut it

 

^^thanks, but i think it will look better if it was all matt black. What do you think?

 

I painted mine with krylon gloss black because. I'm not a matte fan and I also used clear coat and they look just as pappas do gloss and matte aren't a big difference because of the shine from the lens I would use the matte that pappa used my cars black to begin with so the gloss just goes better for me any other color than black I would use matte paint as recommended

 

Yah, I will probably stick with that since i painted my vacuum cover matte black n it came out clean.lol. Just to practice. The guy at kragens gave me Duplicolor sandable primer flat black n he said you don't need to buy a another flat black since this one already has it. Should i just buy the Duplicolor bump coating flat black to give it that matte finish.

 

I used the duplicolor low-gloss black engine enamel (because that's what I had handy) and it's really easy paint to work with.

 

There a difference in color between the sandable primer and bumper coating. The bumper coating is a darker black and looks a lot better than just the primer IMO.

 

I'm good with spray paint guess its a brooklyn thing but krylons good for noobs bc of the red adapter on the nozzle u can prob hold it down in one spot for 3 minutes and it will still come perfect lol( don't really do that lol)

 

Hey guys, so i finally painted my headlights and i would like to thank g35papa for the easy DIY and all the other people who gave me helpful tips. Here are the pics. sorry for the crappy iphone pics.

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hey guys i could use your advice for my project.
i have an 04 TB coupe and im installing halos( i know i know, im 20 and i really like the look) and i have 6000k bulbs in both hi/fog (new kit) and low's. what color would you guys paint them? im looking to color match it to the TB i think. i think black wouldnt look so good with the dark blue.

also, what type of paint is best to use? i think i saw spray paint somehwere on this thread?? AND does anyone know what color i would ask for? im going to go to sherwin wiliams i think to buy it. but i need to know the type and color code i guess.

THanks alot guys!!!

 

Some sherwin williams can color match your car and put it in a spray can for like 20$ a can see if yours does if now I would try and color match it best you can

 

Paintworldinc.com can put your paint in a can and send it to you. I used them on a couple of my car projects. Primer, clear, you name it. Plus they use professional quality atomizer nozzles that spray a flat stream instead of a cone stream. Look them up.